A pair of phony repairmen robbed a Bronx man at knifepoint and duct-taped his hands in his own home – making off with a safe holding $30,000, authorities said.
The crooks posed as handymen dispatched to repair a leak when they showed up at the apartment at Courtlandt Avenue and East 150th Street in Mott Haven around 1 p.m. Sept. 20, cops said.
The trusting victim, a 43-year-old man, let them inside, police said.
Then the pair turned on him – one of them holding a knife against his throat while another bound his hands with duct tape, authorities said.
They used a crowbar to force their way into a room, and stole a safe holding $30,000, an iPad and a passport, police said.
The suspects fled on foot and had not been caught by Monday.
Cops have released surveillance images of the pair inside the building talking on phones, as well as walking on the sidewalk.
Anyone with information on the muggers is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at or on X@NYPDTips.
